A Prophet in his own band

From: Evening News - Scotland | Date: May 16, 2002 | Copyright information

CHUCK Prophet has been around for a while. First as the frontman in Green On Red, a band who pioneered Americana before REM and at one stage looked to make it as big as their Georgia contemporaries.

Then, after eight albums, they ended and Prophet went solo, again to enthusiastic predictions that he'd be the next Gram Parsons.

He's still firmly in the cult category, but while not exactly one of the new alt.country brigade himself - there's too much folk and rock in his sound - Prophet's songs have been adopted by a number of Nashville stars who've turned them into country hits, including ...

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